Enugu Police Arrest Three, Recover Stolen Motorcycle, Tricycles

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The Enugu State Police Command has arrested three suspects in separate operations and recovered a motorcycle and two tricycles allegedly stolen in Enugu and Warri, Delta State.

The command said one of the tricycles was reportedly stolen from where it was parked in Warri before it was recovered by police operatives in Enugu.

In a statement on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe, said operatives of the Nkanu West Police Division arrested a 30-year-old suspect, Ifeanyi Nweke John, on October 17 and recovered a stolen Kymstone motorcycle from him.

Ndukwe said the arrest followed intelligence provided with the assistance of neighbourhood watch members.

According to the police, the motorcycle owner reported that it was stolen from where he parked it in Uwani, Amakpu-Agbani, on October 16. The suspect allegedly confessed to the crime.

In a separate operation on October 16, operatives of the Distress Response Squad arrested a 28-year-old man, Nwaugwuru Nnabuike, along Enugu–Abakaliki Road and recovered a blue tricycle allegedly stolen in Warri.

The police said the suspect and the recovered tricycle would be handed over to the Delta State Police Command for further investigation and prosecution.

Similarly, operatives of the Emene Police Division arrested a 21-year-old suspect, Emmanuel Iboko, at the Onuogba-Nike axis of Enugu in the early hours of October 14.

He was allegedly attempting to transport a stolen tricycle to Abakaliki. The police said the tricycle had been reported stolen from where it was parked in the Uwani area of Enugu on October 13.

The command said investigations were ongoing and the suspects would be arraigned upon their conclusion.

The state Commissioner of Police, CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa, reiterated the command’s commitment to combating crime and urged residents to report suspicious activities and provide credible information to aid crime prevention and the recovery of stolen property.

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